Monday, September 24, 2012

Recently won a nice unopposed auction for a lot of 1995 Flair Angels cards. I only had one of these cards in my Angels collection (Jim Edmonds from Series 2) so I was able to knock off about half the team set with this win. Most of these are from Series 1.

Angels cards remaining that I need from the Series 1 and Series 2 sets:

ANGELS TRANSACTIONS:
Before 1964 Season: Signed by the Los Angeles Angels as an amateur free agent.
November 29, 1967: Traded by the California Angels with Bill Kelso to the Cincinnati Reds for Sammy Ellis.

ANGELS DEBUT:
Relieving the previous Angel debut of Dick Egan, he entered the game in the sixth after Egan's 2.1 innings of relief for starter Fred Newman, and promptly hit Tommy Agee with a pitch (in retaliation for his HR off of Newman?), then gave up a run on a groundout, coaxed a flyout and then a strikeout. He then got three outs in the seventh and was done for the night, in an eventual 8-6 loss to the White Sox on Thursday, April 21, 1966 (N) at Anaheim Stadium.

ANGELS RECORD:
In 42.1 innings pitched over two seasons, with 7 starts, he went 2-3 with 3.19 ERA.

Best Angels Performance:
Complete game shutout with 15 strikeouts against the Cleveland Indians on Sunday, October 2, 1966 (D) at Anaheim Stadium.

November, 1965: Purchased by the California Angels from the Cincinnati Reds.

May 27, 1966: Traded by the California Angels with a player to be named later to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Howie Reed. The California Angels sent John Butler (minors) (December 7, 1966) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.

ANGELS DEBUT:

Entered the game in the third inning as a reliever for starter Fred Newman who just had a meltdown allowing 4 runs. With a runner on and two out, he got Tom McCraw to ground out. Egan then was the first batter in the bottom of the third and popped foul to the catcher. He ended the day going 2.1 innings, giving up 1 run (a solo shot from Tommy Agee) on 3 hits with 2 strikeouts in an eventual 8-6 loss to the Chicago White Sox

on Thursday, April 21, 1966 (N) at Anaheim Stadium.

ANGELS RECORD:

1966

No wins/loses/saves in 14.1 innings over 11 games with 11 K and a 4.40 ERA.

Best Angels Performance:

Struck out 4 batters in 3 innings of relief in a loss to the Kansas City Athletics on Wednesday, May 18, 1966 (N) at Municipal Stadium.

OTHER INTERESTING FACTS:

- Originally signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1958.

- Went 17-11 with 15 complete games for the 1962 Hawaii Islanders, the Angels AAA PCL team.